The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-10-15
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


large numbers Of snakes In their webs.
but boots still hold tho lead there as a
popular snake-trap Huntington Free
Press.
"A cow belonging 10 Walter Deacon.
of Bridgotown. n. T., gave birth re-
Gently TO II calf with four front feet and
long. tapcriug nose. which hangs far
over the lower jaw
Persian women are said To be good
housewives. They give personal
supervision and care To all the work
and supplies. no matter how many SER
wants they may employ.
A little girl who had been given n
placard with take one" on il became
tired Of carrying it around and hung 1t
on the umbrella stand in dry-gOOds
store where she was shopping with her
mother.
A woman. who had an irresistible
propensity 10 destroy. going into II
room once while tea was being pre-
pared, could not resist the temptation
10 sweep the contents Of the table on 10
the floor.
"A lady going out TO the East Indies
was often heard To express "A wish 10
experience the sensation Of drowning.
One morning, after gazing for some
time into the water, she did actually
Jump overheard. Luckily for her. the
vessel was lying bccalmcd, and dozen
willing men jumped in TO save her
Down in Maine young man kissed
deacon daughter. The deacon pros
ccutcd him in court for II. and while
all hands were attending the trial his
sawmll took fire and burned down.
The young man was fined one dollar
and the deacon lost his sawmill, The
daughter says il served them both just
right. She is strictly impartial,
An eminent writer says that cream
il an innocent, palatablc, nutritious
luxury for everybody ut nil times As
an antidotc for "A tendency 10 cOnsump-
ton il acts like charm, and serves all
purposes intended 10 be served By cod
liver oil with much greater certainty
and effect Where sweet cream can be
lltNl ib'l-l'N'l lll - never lf''lf'l
Some German investigators have
calculatcd the relative liability Of in
jury to the eye. finding that il all parts
Of the body were equally exposed to
injury, wounds of the eye would bear
to wounds Of other parts the prOpor-
ton Of one in about six hundred; rs II
matter Of fact. the proportion is about
thirty six in one thousand. -- Boston
BndgcL
-"An orange grove in Florida" re-
marks the New York JOHrHai Of COM
mcrcc, "is not worth cent more than
an apple orchard in New England un-
Ill its owner has put into it years of
hard work, much money and much im-
patient waiting. Tho idea that for
tunes are To bc made in Florida with
out sweat Of the brow is fiction of the
land spectators.
-"Larriklns" is the name by which
the roughs in Sydney. Australia, are
spoken Of The namo Is said 10 have
come from tho reply of IA policeman
who was asked by the court what there
NiN dhdllNN INV plla'l'l Nllplll l'u ll'Na
arrested. Just lnrrikn about the
sthratcs, yer honor was the roply Of
the officer. who was an lrishman,
From that time dsordcrly conduct was
termed larriking, aad the rough was
called larrikin.
The chimcra flower Is one Of the
most grotcsquc of its kind. When first
seen this flower resembles some un-
couth insect with long, slender. hairy
legs, creeping over the ground. being
SO balanced upon its stem rs To preserve
a continual motion with the points or
seeming legs just resting upon the sur
face. The cOloring consists of black
and white blotchcs, apparently put on
with an unsteady hand without design,
producing peculiar and striking ef-
feet.
"A work on the Paris Montc-dc-Pictc
tells Of n pawncd umbrella which was
annually renewed" for forty-scven
successive years. The director of the
State pawnbrokiug establishment at
Brussels has had in his keeping for
moro than twenty years the diamonds
and other jcwcry of n once famous
prima donna who has somehow fallen
into poverty. Every year the interest
is pmctualy paid, but the trinkcts
have not once been taken out Of pawn.
More than once large sums have been
lent 10y the Brussels Mont-dc-Pictc upon
the rcgalia of impccunious German
princes.
A san Francisco jcwelry store
keeper. who is known rs the diamond
King" edited the Philadclphians the
other day 10y promcnading the corridor
of the Continental Hotel thus gorge
ouSly arraycd. according to the Times:
On his scarf shonc pigcon-blood
ruby, surrounded with diamonds. On
his left little finger sparkled large
solitaire blue diamond. From his watch
chain danglcd Masonic mark studded
with large diamonds, and on the left
side of his vest, just pecpng out from
under the lapel of his coat. was u mas
sivc gold medal. with fringe of dia-
mondS running all around it.
An army of frogs is something sell
dom heard of. but there Is a Young
lady at Gainesville. Ga. who claims
To have met one only a short time ago
while she was on trip To Tococa. The
column was about three hundred yards
wide and lpnpth unknown NJ IL ex-